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Locality Name:
Cuffy, Cher, Centre-Val De Loire, France


mindat Locality ID: 308194
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-308194.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cuffy, Cher, Centre-Val De Loire, France": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Le Guétin

Latitude: 46°56'46"N
Longitude: 3°4'16"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.946111111111,3.0711111111111

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al Au B Ca Fe H Mg Na O Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CopperCorundumNoneNot in a structural groupPyroxeneQuartzStauroliteTitaniteTourmalineZircon

9 IMA Minerals at location:
Augite  (*)Corundum  (*)Gold  (*)Kyanite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Schorl  (*)Staurolite  (*)Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61534852060
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O31534851797
Gold  (*)CopperAu15348530554
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO41534851507
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215348561156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1534852705
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)153485978
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1534854899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1534855251



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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